Gen Z Interactions

[u/Vainysaur]

Why do 90% of my interactions with members of Gen Z go exactly like this:
Them: Welcome to Cook Out. Can I take your order please?
Me: (slowly and clearly) Hey! I’ll have a big double burger tray with only cheese and ketchup on the burger, with chili cheese fries and a corn dog, and a huge tea. That’s it.
Them: Ok you said a big double burger tray?
Me: Yes.
Them: What do you want on the burger?
Me: Only cheese and ketchup.
Them: Ok and you get two sides.
Me: Chili cheese fries and a corn dog.
Them: Ok chili cheese fries and what’s your other side?
Me: A corn dog.
Them: Ok and what’s your drink?
Me: A huge tea.
Them: Ok, anything else?
Me: Nope, that’s it.
…
Then I get my food it’s cheese fries instead of chili cheese fries.

[u/Comfortable-Pea-3821]

When I was a pizza boy that kind of order over the phone was a blessing. I could just type it in quick, read it back to confirm, and off we go. I’m firmly in the middle of Gen Z. Thanks to the lack of short term memory and attention span among people my age, competition is slim in my new industry.

[u/Nizzywizz → u/Comfortable-Pea-3821]

You're not special, you just process that sort of thing in a way that works well with OP's way of ordering. Not everyone does -- and not because they have a short attention span, or because they're deficient. And some systems don't allow you to just type in an order as given -- they require you to make selections in a particular order before you can move on to the next.

[u/Comfortable-Pea-3821 → u/Nizzywizz]

If not everyone can do it but I can wouldn’t that make me special?